Neil Plakcy is the author of the Mahu mystery series from MLR Press, about openly gay Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka, and the Have Body, Will Guard adventure romance series from Loose Id.

He also is the author of the golden retriever mystery series (www.goldenretrievermysteries.com) as well as many other novels in mystery and romance.

Plakcy is a journalist and book reviewer as well as an assistant professor of English at Broward College’s south campus in Pembroke Pines. He is a former president of the Florida chapter of Mystery Writers of America and a second-place finisher on Jeopardy!.